42 Fables and Stories: Supplemental Guide 2A | The Maid and the Milk Pail
Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
Comprehension Questions
If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines
of the story and/or refer to the image. If students give one-word answers
and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their responses,
acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’ responses
using richer and more complex language. Ask students to answer
in complete sentences by having them restate the question in their
responses. Model answers using complete sentences as necessary.- Literal What is the title of this fable?
- The title of this fable is “The Maid and the Milk Pail.”
- Evaluative A fable is a story that is short, has a moral or teaches a
lesson, and sometimes has animals that act like people. Is “The Maid
and the Milk Pail” a fable? How do you know?- Yes, “The Maid and the Milk Pail” is a fable because it is short and
teaches a lesson.
- Yes, “The Maid and the Milk Pail” is a fable because it is short and
- Literal What does Peggy the milkmaid want to buy with the money
she makes from the sale of milk?- Peggy the milkmaid wants to buy a plump chicken.
What can Peggy get from the chicken? - Peggy can get eggs and more chickens.
What does she plan to do with the chickens and eggs she can get
from the chicken? - She plans to sell them.
What does Peggy want to buy with the money she makes from the
sale of the chickens and eggs? - Peggy wants to buy a blue dress and blue ribbon.
- Peggy the milkmaid wants to buy a plump chicken.
- Evaluative [Show Image Card 6.] The beginning, middle, and end
events of a story are called the plot of the story. Does this picture
show the beginning, middle, or end of the story? How do you know?
[Have students point to this image on Response Card 2.]- This picture shows the beginning of the story because the milkmaid is
balancing the milk pail on her head.
- This picture shows the beginning of the story because the milkmaid is